Hernan Garcia de Gonzalo
Hernn Garca de Gonzalo Vidal , is a retired Chilean diplomat and academic. A former Prorector of the University of Chile, former Consul General of Thailand in Chile, Viceminister of Planification of Chile, and an Economist for the United Nations. As the Prorector of the University of Chile he was awarded special recognition by NASA, the University of Chile Council of Deans awarded him the Andrs Bello Medal, and was made honorary member of the School of Chemistry and Pharmacy at the National University of Asuncion in Paraguay. While he was serving as the Consul General of Thailand, King Rama IX appointed him as Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, and Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant. He has been allowed by the Marquis de la Floresta to use the coat of arms that has been in his family for centuries.
From his fathers side, Hernan Garcia de Gonzalo Vidal belongs to a traditional family from La Rioja , that for centuries was involved in agriculture and in the defends of the Church Fortress of St Peter in Enciso. Eight generations of his family are buried in the garden of that same church. His father Mr. Enrique Garcia, born in San Vicente de Munilla, La Rioja, Spain, around the time he wasyears of age was taken to Casilda, Argentina by his maternal uncles to take care of their properties. After five years Mr. Enrique Garcia was taken to Chile to manage the farms Aucar, el Toro y Chaquihual of 78,000 acres in Chilo. This was the start of the Garcia De Gonzalo family in Chile.
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